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18 Aug 2026 New Kitesurfing training dates publishedThe following course dates have just been released by the AISTC.
Please note that to attend the Level 2 Development course, personnel must have successfully completed their Kitesurfing Level 2 prior to attending. Please email Dee Vincent or call 01243 388315 to book a space. 30 June 2026 REME Keel Boat Regatta 26 reportThe REME Sailing Club held its annual keel boat regatta at the Seaview Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight on 10 Jun 26. Nine Mermaid keel boats were raced in a range of mostly wet conditions which meant the skippers and crews had to concentrate to control their boats through the squalls and waves. The day started at the Army Offshore Sailing Centre in Gosport for a short brief and brews before we caught a Solent Cruises ferry across to the Isle of Wight. Once our ferry arrived off Seaview, we crossed decked into RIBs and were treated to a short powerboat ride to the Seaview Yacht Club who were our hosts for the day. We then had some more safety briefs which, with so many novices and inexperienced racers, were essential. Once these were complete, we got back in the RIBs to be taken out to the Mermaid keel boats and quickly got these rigged and ready to sail.
In the morning we had four races in some interesting conditions (which meant that the sails had to be reefed to reduce their surface area). Fortunately, the sea had been warmed by the recent heatwave, so when the waves came over the boats, the water was warm - however we all got soaked to the skin. In addition, due to the strong winds, the mainsails were reefed and the smaller jib headsail was used.
The first race was really a warmup as the skippers and crews got used to the boats, worked out where all the controls were and how to get their vessels moving through the water as quickly as possible. It is safe to say that nobody sailed very well in this race. Throughout the rest of the morning, the quality of the sailing and racing improved; however, there were some bumps and bangs as the skippers pushed their boats and themselves hard. The Corps' Boatswain, Phil Cartlidge managed to become the filling in a boat sandwich as two keel boats simultaneously sailed into him from both port and starboard. Luckily nobody was hurt, penalties were taken (360 degree sail around) and, despite this interference, Phil and his crew of Sam Wilson and Alex Playford from 16 Regt RA Workshops went into the lunch break at the head of the competition just ahead of Paul Isitt and Aaron Laughley from 16 Regt RA Workshop. After an all you can eat pizza buffet lunch, racing resumed. Because of technical problems with his boat, Paul and Aaron changed boats. This gave them an edge which enabled them to get to the front of the fleet and outperform Phil, Sam and Alex over the next three races. Although the conditions had improved, they were still not great. Fergus Sullivan and Lucas Ashton from DRE Digital, the event sponsor, had so much water in their boat that racing had to be paused while it was pumped out and dried. However, this reduction in weight did little to improve their overall performance. After three races, the boats were tied up and the crews retired to the Seaview Bar to dry off, warm up and present prizes. Third place went to Phil, Sam and Alex from 16 Regt RA Workshop, second place (The Stanyer Trophy) went to Doug Wilkie (Space Command) and Jack Watson from (12 Regt RA). The Spirit of the Regatta went to Tommy Jones (12 Regt RA) for his efforts in promoting sailing in the Corps and getting so many people involved. First place went to Paul and Aaron.
It was a great event, enjoyed by all those that took part - even if it was colder and wetter than had been advertised. We will be holding our next Keel Boat Regatta in Jun 2027 - please look out for details on REME Connect and on unit detail. You don't need to be an experienced sailor to take part - however you do need to be both enthusiastic and able to swim.
Thanks - Events like this are not easy to arrange and require support and help from numerous people and organisations. Thanks to both the REME Charity and DRE Digital who supported the regatta. Thanks to Brad Delaney and the Army Offshore Sailing Centre for letting use their facilities as a collecting point and for briefings. Thanks to JSASTC for allowing the ferry to pick up and drop off the participants from the Fieldhouse Pontoon. Thanks to Seaview Yacht Club for running the event and feeding the hungry crews. Lastly, massive thanks to Lt Charles Creelman for organising everything. The Keel Boat Regatta is just one of many sailing events run by the REME Sailing Club. All sections have a busy programme of events throughout the year, if you want to find out more please email the Vice Commodore. 27 June 2026 Webmaster / email server manager vacancyOur webmaster and email server manager will be retiring at the end of the year, so we're looking for someone to take up the role. The website is written in HTML and is suitable for development using off-the-shelf web design tools; the email service is provided as part of the web hosting package and is managed through a web interface. The role is not onerous and is ideally suited to anyone looking to both develop their role in the Club and to have an additional out-of-role on their application for their next promotion. If you're interested then information on the technical aspects can be obtained by sending an email to webmaster@remesailingclub.com, and expressions of interest should be addressed to the Principal Secretary. 24 May 2026 Opportunity to sail on the Historic Vessel BolehThe Boleh Trust would like to extend invitations to REME personnel on two fronts: To join us as a volunteer Skipper or Mate, or to bring a party of up to six to join us for a day's sailing in the Solent. Our "Junk Yacht" Boleh is a classic blend of British and Malaysian yacht design. 40ft long and displacing 16 tonnes, she was designed as a long-keel vessel with a novel rig for ocean sailing by Fleet Air Arm Cdr Robin Kilroy DSC in Singapore. Built by Malaysian shipwrights from local jungle hardwoods, Boleh (meaning "can do" in Malay) was launched in 1949 and completed her maiden voyage back to the UK with a naval crew of five on 1st Sept 1950: An 8-month journey of some 16,000 miles via Cape Town. Restored between 2009 and 2015 in Portsmouth, funded by the Heritage Lottery, Boleh is now part of the UK Heritage Fleet (Historic Vessel No. 2281). She is equipped with an innovative diesel-electric auxiliary propulsion and is based at Haslar Marina in Gosport, Hampshire, just over the bridge from JSASTC. Boleh is now operated as a charity by the Boleh Trust (No. 1175954) for the benefit of young people, from secondary school age upwards, to introduce them to the maritime environment, to give them a taste of the skills and development opportunities to be gained from sail training and to help those for whom life is challenging in one way or another to build their confidence in working and communicating as a team member. Please visit www.bolehproject.com for more details. If interested in crewing on Boleh, please contact lead.skipper@bolehsailing.org. We look for experience in our Mates (ideally Day Skipper (Tidal)) and at least an RYA Yachtmaster (Coastal) qualification in our Skippers. For those interested in taking a party for a day's sailing on the Solent, with a Boleh crew, please contact operations@bolehsailing.org. This is a rare opportunity to sail a uniquely designed historic vessel, while also contributing to the assistance of children and young adults facing challenges in their lives.
24 May 2026 Craftsman Magazine article Please click here for an article that appeared in The Craftsman recently. 24 May 2026 Admin Instruction and Notice of Race for REME Keel Boat Regatta - 10 Jun 26 Please follow these links for the Admin Instruction and Notice of Race for REME Keel Boat Regatta. Click for Admin Instruction. Click for Notice of Race. 14 May 2026 REME Keel Boat Regatta The Keelboat Regatta will take place on 10 June 2026. If interested please express an interest via the QR code below.
5 Mar 2026 REME Sailing Club AGM The REME Sailing Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online via MS Teams on Thursday 12 Mar 26. All members are encouraged to dial-in to hear updates from each of the club's disciplines and to input into plans for 2026. Please note that this will be an online only meeting except for committee members. What: REME Sailing Club Annual General Meeting When: Thu 12 Mar 26, 1000-1130hrs Where: Microsoft Teams The location and earlier start time have been chosen to enable our Admiral to attend. Noting that the time may be difficult for some to attend, the meeting will be recorded and questions can be submitted in advance via Slido to be addressed at the meeting. For a Teams invite please send a message to the Principal Secretary with your email address. 13 Feb 2026 Change to Yacht charter minimum manning requirements A change has been made to the minimum manning requirements for the charter of Club yachts, please click here and scroll down to "Minimum and Maximum Manning". 30 Jan 2026 Offshore forecast of events
18 Jan 2026 Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER 26 Serving crew wanted to join Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER 26
The REME Sailing Club will be sending both CRAFTSMAN and SEAHORSE on this expedition. This is a great opportunity for experienced serving REME sailors to build miles and explore different cruising areas. Expected personal contribution will be £80/person for the week. Please follow this link and fill out the form to sign up. 19 Oct 2025 REME sailors represent the Corps in the Lagos Trophy Despite the Corps being heavily committed to supporting large scale exercises throughout the autumn, a merry band of REME sailors made the trip to Thorney Island for the Inter-Corps team racing championships. Losing a team member to a last minute (non-sailing) injury further contributed to the struggle to pull together a team but as one of the longest competing Corps, the REME remained undeterred (even if we did have to use the services of an AGC(SPS) volunteer crew in one of the boats!). The Lagos Trophy is the Army's annual inter-corps competition which in recent years has followed a two boat team racing format. Team racing is a fast, fun and different type of dinghy racing. Races are generally no more than 10-minutes duration and winning requires a combination of sailing skills, knowledge of the rules, and teamwork. Two boat team racing wasn't invented by PTIs but maybe it should have been: the only requirement to win - don't come last - the result being down to only one thing, which team has the last boat over the finish line! Four teams entered the 2025 competition including the regular stalwarts of REME and Royal Engineers (RE) with new appearances from the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and Royal Logistic Corps (RLC). After a wait for favourable tide and wind conditions, the first day saw a round robin competition with all teams racing each other. Despite an early win for the REME team against the Medics, they were quickly brought back down to earth by the dominance of the RE. The light wind conditions didn't play to the advantage of the REME team, and by the end of the last race the ebb tide had really started to flow adding another dynamic. The first day finished with REME in fourth place with a lot of work to do to get a spot in the finals. Another round robin kicked off the second day's sailing but this didn't change the standings for the finals and third place play offs leaving the REME team to take on the RLC in the play offs. The play offs were sailed as a "best of three" format but despite two closely fought races, the RLC came out on top. An impressive performance from the Royal Engineers saw them win the finals to retain the trophy. As always, the Army Sailing Association put on an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable event where everyone learnt a lot.
Well done to the REME sailors who represented the Corps; a tough ask of the team with the Corps being heavily committed to supporting exercises/operations and against some fierce competition, but great to see the REME keeping up its strong heritage in the event and continuing to support Army sailing. The dinghy team have a full and expanding calendar for 2026 and are always keen to hear from new sailors, novice or experienced. Thanks to the REME Charity, the sailing opportunities open to REME soldiers are second to none and everyone is encouraged to make the most of them. Please get in touch for more information. 18 Oct 2025 Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER - REME Sailing Club AT Expedition Apr '25 Just after Easter 2025, the REME Sailing Club's offshore section ran Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER. This was an adventure sailing expedition delivered in two one week legs for serving REME sailors along the South Coast of England using the Corps' two Hallberg Rassy 342 yachts (CRAFTSMAN and SEAHORSE). Starting at Hornet Services Sailing Club in Gosport (where the yachts are based), the expedition sailed west for seven days to Plymouth. When the boats reached Plymouth, the crews changed before sailing east back to Hornet over the following week. Click here for the full story. 8 Aug 2025 HSSC Autumn Series Crew needed for Weds evening races. Depart Hornet around 1730hrs, start off Gilkicker 1830hrs, cut off 2hrs. 20 Aug, 27 Aug, 3 Sept, 17 Sept and 24 Sept Only serving military at moment. If interested, please contact Alex Thomson on the REME Sailing Community or via email here. 1 Aug 2025 Changes to Life Membership
2 July 2025 Nab Tower Dash Skipper and crew needed to sail for REME in the Hornet Services Sailing Club race to the Nab Tower on 12 Jul 25. This is a club race, all costs split amongst the crew. This is an _off duty_ event and open to all REME SC members (serving, veterans and dependants). Please email the Rear Commodore Offshore for more details. 8 May 2025 Dinghy Section Open Day & Refresher Training Event The Dinghy Section are running an Open Day & Refresher Training Event next Wednesday (14 May 25). Open to all from dinghy novices to more experienced sailors. Signup here. 18 Apr 2025 Dinghy section events 25 2025 events have been published, click here for details. 17 Apr 2025 Leg 1 Ex Norway Express 01 - 18 May 25 Opportunity for 4 x crew, novice upwards, from JSASTC Gosport to Copenhagen, Denmark, aboard Challenge 72' HMSTC ADVENTURE. Amsterdam, Kiel Canal and Danish Islands. Please apply using Annex C of 2025DIN-004-JSASTC Ex NORWAY EXPRESS 2025. Any questions contact JSASTC 023 92 765971.
REME Sailing Club are not responsible for the content of external sites. 16 Mar 2025 Ex SOLENT VENTURE Ex SOLENT VENTURE is the Army Sailing Association Offshore Regatta in which the REME Sailing Club will enter a team. The competition runs from Mon 12 May 25 until Fri 16 May 25. Racing will be conducted in the Solent and the yachts will return to Cowes every night. In both 2023 and 2024, the REME won all of the races in their class and it would be awesome to repeat this. If you are interested, please complete this expression of interest here, select the QR code below or email the Rear Commodore Offshore for more details.
REME Sailing Club are not responsible for the content of external sites. 16 Mar 2025 Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER 25 This is an update to the previous post. Ex SEAHORSE EXPLORER is a REME Sailing Club adventure sailing expedition along the South Coast of England. It will be run over two legs, starting and finishing in Gosport with a changeover in Plymouth. Leg 1 is Gosport - Plymouth and runs 21 - 27 Apr 25. Leg 2 is Plymouth - Gosport and runs 27 Apr - 4 May 25. Please complete the expression of interest here, select the QR code below or email the Rear Commodore Offshore for more details.
REME Sailing Club are not responsible for the content of external sites. 2 Mar 2025 REME Sailing Club AGM The REME Sailing Club Annual General Meeting will be held online and face2face at MoD Lyneham on Wed 12 Mar 25 at 1700. There are some proposed rule and policy changes that need to be discussed and voted on by the Club. Therefore it is really important that we achieve a good attendance. Please register interest in attending with the Vice Commodore and to seek further details.
22 Feb 2025 Save the date - REME Keel Boat Regatta "Save The Date" announcement for the upcoming Keelboat Regatta happening in June. If interested fill in the expression of interest, link here or via the QR code below.
18 Feb 2025 Crew Wanted for the REME Sailing Expedition The REME Sailing Club will be running an adventure sailing expedition. Serving REME sailors (and attached soldiers serving with REME units and LADs) are invited to join the crew. Leg 1 - Gosport to Plymouth 21 - 27 Apr 25 Leg 2 - Plymouth to Gosport 27 Apr - 4 May 25 All levels of experience are invited to join the crew. Please email the Rear Commodore Offshore for more details. 7 Feb 2025 Charter Fees Update The daily yacht charter fee for charterers for all other members of the REME Sailing Club will, with immediate effect, increase to £165 between 1 Apr and 31 Oct. Between 1 Nov and 31 Mar the daily yacht charter fee for all other members of the REME Sailing Club remains at £100. Any already agreed yacht charters will not be affected by these changes. 2 Feb 2025 Changes to Club email service - action required Our Service Provider has made changes to the e-mail service, which requires users of Club email addresses to make changes to email client configurations. The new settings are as follows:
Users on Microsoft Outlook should find that the email client will set this up for them automatically when creating a new email account in the tool using email.address@remesailingclub.com. The web interface is now available at https://stackmail.com. Email account holders experiencing difficulties including with email passwords are requested to contact the Webmaster. 6 Jan 2025 Offshore Racing - Royal Southampton Sailing Club Warm Up Series 2025 REME (and attached personnel) of all levels of sailing experience are required to crew for the Corps in club racing as part of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club on the following weekends in 2025:
The outline plan is to muster during the Saturday morning and then conduct training for the remainder of the day. The yacht will overnight in Southampton Water, close to the start line. On the Sunday morning the first race starts at 1000 and the second at 1100. Once the racing is complete, the yacht will return to its berth. Crew should expect to disburse at 14:00 on Sunday. Each weekend will cost £20. All safety and foul weather gear is provided by the club. This is a great opportunity to get more experience, sea miles and to sail with and learn from other REME sailors. Interested personnel are asked to fill out the expression of interest form at this link or email the Rear Commodore Offshore. 19 Oct 2024
Congratulations to Phil and Alex who have gained their RYA Yachtmaster Coastal certificates. 19 Oct 2024 REME Charity Survey 2024
The REME Charity is conducting a survey on its activities. The survey includes questions on how the Charity supports REME sailing. Please take five minutes to complete the survey. 1 Sep 2024 Offshore Racing - Royal Southampton Sailing Club Autumn Series REME (and attached personnel) of all levels of sailing experience are required to crew for the Corps in club racing as part of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club on the following weekends:
The outline plan is to muster during the Saturday morning at the Hornet Services Sailing Club in Gosport and then conduct training for the remainder of the day. The yacht will overnight in Southampton Water, close the start line. On the Sunday morning the first race starts at 10:00 and the second at 11:00. Once the racing is complete, the yacht will return to Gosport. Crew should expect to disburse at 14:00 on Sunday. The intent is to race one boat with serving personnel. If there are enough extra crew, a named skipper and a boat available then a second team will be entered. All safety and foul weather gear is provided by the Club. Scan the QR code below to apply or for info.
28 Jul 2024 Sailing Club Weekend 30 Aug - 1 Sep for the Bournemouth Air Festival We are sending a boat to see the Bournemouth Air Festival. The crew will muster on Fri eve and sail to Yarmouth/ Lymington. The boat will then anchor ivo Bournemouth pier to watch the flying displays. £50 pp plus food, fuel and berthing fees. Open to all members of the REME Sailing community (and partners etc). Email the Rear Commodore Offshore to apply or for info. 9 Jul 2024 Skippers, mates and crew are wanted to support REME Sailing Club events Can you assist with the following events?
If you are able to support any of these events please email the Rear Commodore Offshore. 20 Jun 2024 REME Sailing Club Keel Boat Regatta - 19 Jun 24The club ran a Keel Boat Regatta using Mermaids from Sea View Yacht Club (IoW) on 19 Jun 24. Over 30 REME sailors took part and despite many skippers and sailors being relative novices the racing was very competitive. Crews from many REME units took part including 8 REME, 9 REME and 1 AAC Wksp. The eventual winners were 5 REME.
8 Jun 2024 The REME Sailing Club is now on Instagram The Offshore Section of the REME Sailing Club is now on Instagram. Be sure to like our pictures, videos and reels. We also have a closed group on FaceBook, email the Rear Commodore Offshore if you would like to join this group. If you're looking for older news please click here for our News Archive.
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